"Sometimes I do think about [her daughter] during the event but it's very important to stay focused and sometimes I don't even talk with her so that I don't get emotionally weak. It's tough being so ...

The twist: The tour randomizes the starting positions of the chess board’s most important pieces, so each game begins with the queen, rooks and knights in a jumble. Players have to adapt on the fly.

A chess board consists of eight rows and eight columns ... But it cannot move to a square which is under threat. 2. The Queen is the most powerful chess piece and can move any number of squares ...

In Star Trek franchise, there is no dearth of interesting props and the tri-dimensional chess is one such artifact that continues to spark curiosity among the Trekkies.

and yet she keeps pushing herself more. The reigning World Champion in women's rapid chess, Humpy won her second title in December 2024, five years after her first. That World title, in 2019 ...